“Temple Police” Strike Down Bishop? – Remember Hillary Clinton’s “vast right wing conspiracy?” Well, this is like that but for Catholics. Supporters of a progressive Australian bishop pushed into early

Brilliant! Super MariObama! – This is why YouTube was invented -to make fun of Obama is hilarious new ways. I can’t even imagine how they made this. This should be the GOP’s commercial it’s so good.

CMR Goes Country – When I bring my kids school sometimes we put on the radio. All I can say is thank goodness we’re country music fans. I couldn’t imagine turning on the moaning of the

The Electronic Battlefield – A few related thoughts on the story of the week, In a world in which war is conducted from office chairs, a lot of humility is required. A lot of humility. I would say

New Seminary To Open In Washington – The Archdiocese of Washington has formally announced the opening of Blessed John Paul II Seminary to help educate its burgeoning number of college and pre-theology

Papal Telegram For Alabama Tornado Victims – Pope Benedict has expressed his condolences to the Archbishop of Mobile following the tornadoes that left hundreds dead in the southern United States. His Holiness Pope

Pontifical Acts for May 3 – VATICAN CITY, 3 MAY 2011 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father appointed Bishop Fausto Gaibor Garcia, auxiliary of Riobamba, as bishop of Tulcan (area 3,699, population 184,000,

New, Larger Location for FSSP in Tulsa – The following is reported to the NLM by a reader last week: I hope this finds you well. I am writing to inform you of some excellent news: the Parish of St. Peter in

Another view of Blessed John Paul II – Photo by Ramona Balutscu By Mary DeTurris Poust What do you think when you see the photo above? Does it make you sad to see John Paul II’s image tossed on the ground

A Nice Discovery – It’s always nice to walk into the Ancora Bookstore at the Vatican and find your book for sale there. It is humbling and gratifying. Just signed a contract with Ignatius

Vatican Day! Sistine Chapel and St. Peters – After a great morning touring the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s we had Mass at Fornace. We all went to our favorite restaurant La Pilotta da Mario’s. After lunch we

Of crackit gaberlunzies – I was enjoying some jocular O’Brian references, for I was listening to part of a book as I worked over some tech updates. I must share a passage. We are close to the

QUAERITUR: The smoke of Satan – From a reader: I have a question regarding this document in reference to Pope Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. In Conferentiarum Episcopalium, which was

Vespers with minor frill (BrevRom) – A slight frill in that I sing Ad regias Agni dapes, the hymn. Perhaps a negative or negating frill. Frill minus? Anti-frill? In any event, you set a sense of how the

What is your good news? – Have any great news to report? For my part, I am doing tech updates today. This will inevitably bring problems, because when you touch any part of the carefully

When Pope’s get angry. – I found this on Spirit Daily which doesn’t link here nearly often enough This is an article entitled Bl. John Paul’s former personal secretary, Stanislaw Card. Dziwisz,